List of Famous people born in August

Franz Harnoncourt, or Harnoncourt-Unverzagt is an Austrian jurist, CEO of the Kastner & Öhler department store in Graz, and president and member of the advisory board of the Grazer Wechselseitige Versicherung.

Augustine Courtauld, often called August Courtauld, was a yachtsman and British Arctic explorer, best known for serving as the solo meteorologist of a winter observation post, Icecap Station, located in the interior of Greenland in 1930–1931.

Princess Marie-Françoise Antoinette Jeanne Madeleine of Bourbon-Parma is a French humanitarian and philanthropist. After escaping the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 with the assistance of Catholic Relief Services, she helped settle refugees in West Berlin who fled the Soviet Union. In the 1980s, while her husband, Prince Edouard de Lobkowicz, was serving as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta's ambassador to Lebanon, she was involved in the construction and development of twelve medical and social centers owned by the Order. Princess Marie-Françoise founded the Malte Liban Association, a Catholic organization that raises money for medical clinics serving the poor in Lebanon, in 1987. She served as a delegate of the United Nations from 1990 to 1995.

Joseph G. Hakobyan is a Russian scientist. He is an expert on missiles development. He was the Deputy General of the Moscow Research Institute.

Michael Daniel Penn is an American singer-songwriter and composer. He is noted for the 1989 single "No Myth", a top 20 hit in the US and successful in several other countries.

Juli Básti is a Hungarian actress. She has appeared in more than 40 films and television shows since 1980. She won the award for Best Actress at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in The Red Countess.

Olga Timofeeva is a deputy for the United Russia party in the 7th State Duma of the Russian Federation and former journalist. She is Deputy chairman of the State Duma since 9 October 2017. Previously she was head of the Ecology and Environmental Protection committee. Honorary citizen of the city of Stavropol (2014).

Jean-Pierre Gontran de Montaigne, vicomte de Poncins, known as Gontran De Poncins, was a French writer and adventurer.